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Fusion project co-ordinates disaster relief



PORT-AU-PRINCE- Imagine this: An entrepreneur wants to start a new corporation, so he employs 100 people. To each person he gives a separate task. To one individual he gives
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Posted by ivili on March 27, 2010 at 3:09pm

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Taking libraries to villages in India

In a village about 50 kms away from Ahmednagar in western Maharashtra, Sunita Padwal (12) has the distinction of standing first in her final examinations

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Posted by ivili on March 15, 2010 at 12:36pm

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Africa Rural Connect Kicks Off 2010 Ideas Competition

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Posted by ivili on March 11, 2010 at 10:00am

Anna Lowe

Dragons take their Den to Senegal

A group of UK based business people who helped found a project bringing entrepreneurial skills to hundreds of African women will be venturing out to Senegal next week in true Dragons’ Den style to asses the many projects requiring funding.

Surrey based Richard White and Marieme Jamme founded the Dakar Dragons project after being inspired by the story of Viola Vaughan and her own 10,000 Girls Project. Retired American Viola is currently living and working in Senegal with the aim of improving the… Continue

Posted by Anna Lowe on November 20, 2009 at 10:27pm

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Chris Watkins

License concern... 2 Replies

This is hard to categorize as seeking a solution - but I am seeking a response so I'll post here. Jeremy, I love that you've tagged the site with a Creative Commons license. I do strongly suggest no…

Tagged: knowledge-sharing, licenses

Started by Chris Watkins in Solution Wanted.... Last reply by Chris Watkins Dec. 23, 2009.

Carol Horne

Floating gardens: growing food on flooded land

This solution was created by Practical Action, adapting to climate change in Bangladesh http://practicalaction.org/food-produc of the land in the Gaibandha district of Bangladesh is covered by water…

Tagged: floating, gardens, hunger, agriculture, flood

Started by Carol Horne in Solution Offered... Nov. 20, 2009.

carolyn ingle

Can Straw bales be used externally to retrofit an existing building? 5 Replies

I want to use straw bales to retrofit an existing brick building (small detatched cottage in London) in order to improve its insulation. Is this possible and does it have any implications re intersti…

Tagged: insulation, bale, straw, building

Started by carolyn ingle in Solution Wanted.... Last reply by carolyn ingle Oct. 23, 2009.

Carol Horne

UK too reliant on imported food? 3 Replies

51% of British food is imported. This means our food supply is not secure (although of course Britain's food supply is nowhere near as vulnerable as that of developing countries). There are also envi…

Tagged: food, imported

Started by Carol Horne in Solution Wanted.... Last reply by Job S. Ebenezer Oct. 23, 2009.

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